Media Release

Mangalore, Jul 13: The department of Nephro-Urology at K S Hegde Hospital, Deralakatte has successfully performed two kidney transplant operations for the first time.

Shiney Joseph of Kerala has donated a kidney to her husband Joseph and  Mary Jones has donated a kidney to her daughter Beena (names have been changed to maintain confidentiality). Both the patients suffered from end stage kidney failure and have been on dialysis treatment for over a year.
 
With these surgeries, K S Hegde Hospital has reached yet another milestone. It has joined the league of very few elite hospitals offering this treatment in this part of the country.

This treatment which is quite expensive in places like Bangalore and Chennai has been made extremely affordable at K S Hegde Hospital. The hospital has a well equipped Nephrology and Urology departments with two specialists in each, a state of the art dialysis unit and a dedicated renal ICU along with multidisciplinary team including nurses with experience in transplant and a transplant co-coordinator. 
  
The team who performed the transplant comprised of Dr Rajeev T P, Dr Prajwal Ravinder (Consultant Urologists), Dr Shashidhar Baikunje, Dr Janardhan Kamath (Consultant Nephrologists) and Dr Ravindra U S, Dr Sumalatha Shetty and Dr Nikhil M.P (consultant anesthetists).